Climate change is real. We can no longer brush it off as a myth. Apart from growing environmental activism, it is comforting that more corporations are taking the bull by its horn and confronting climate change issues heads on. This is evident in that it is recognised that the principle  of directors’ duties in corporations are now varied to include climate change considerations in their decision making and running of day-to-day business. 

Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced three new regulatory requirements, which primarily require digital asset business operators to provide investors with training or a knowledge test on cryptocurrencies and to disclose information about the quality of their service and IT usage capacity.

Cannabis in India has been known to be used since as early as 2000 BCE. In India, common terms for cannabis preparations include charas (resin), ganja (flower) and bhang (seeds and leaves), with Indian drinks such as bhang lassi (curd based drink) and bhang thandai (also a drink) made from bhang being one of the most common legal uses.

The latest major release of financial services regulatory breach reporting tool, Gadens Breach Manager, now includes updated exemptions, significance tests and a focus on ‘misleading and deceptive conduct’ as a response to insights, industry experience, and important research recently published […]

With the continued growth of new laws and regulations to combat risk and compliance risk, due diligence has become an even more important process to not only undertake, but to get right.  ’Due diligence’ is a combination of the words “due”, […]

Expanded rules to the Security of Critical Infrastructure Act (the SOCI Act) may catch many businesses unaware. The Act came into effect on 8 April 2022 with a grace period of three months, ending on 8 July 2022. The expanded rules include the mandatory […]